TITLE: Robotz NAME: Michael Visser COUNTRY: The Netherlands EMAIL: Michael@nmtrix.com WEBPAGE: www.nmtrix.com/michael TOPIC: Robot COPYRIGHT: I SUBMIT TO THE STANDARD RAYTRACING COMPETITION COPYRIGHT. MPGFILE: robotz.mpg RENDERER USED: 3Dstudiomax default scanline renderer TOOLS USED: 3DstudioMax R3 CREATION TIME: about 3 weeks HARDWARE USED: dual pentium 330 Mhz, 128MB ANIMATION DESCRIPTION: Stunkatanks are the Deldorads highest level city invasion units. They were first deployed by the Deldorad mainframe computer "Virtua" to protect it's installations from scavengers and Avanckian imperial forces. Later the remnants were sold for scrap and adds like these were common about late-warmachines like the Stunkatank. When fully operational these tanks were exceptional androids and very difficult to take down in close combat. The stunkatank can be manned by two operators a pilot and a gunner which might increase the tanks functionality. The tank operates slower on remote control. DESCRIPTION OF HOW THIS ANIMATION WAS CREATED: I built the chassis using standard shapes, deforming them until I felt that they resembled my sketches best. I always had the idea to create a short animation using the "Stunkatank" since it's seriously cool. Animating the robot I realised by using characterstudio and bones. To make the android "look" and point it's rocketlauncher I used "Lookat"-controllers. The people are workmen I used for an oilderrick animation which using glow filters look like soldiers. They are very low- polygon based which you cannot see from the animation, not even on a high resolution. The mappings are highly detailed though especially the droids skull and body armour. Sound and titles were mounted using adobe premiere.